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Show SEVERAL "WAYS" TO MILL BOBBER S i In response to n request Prof Lew la A Merrill gives to the Hocky Mountnln S Husbandman thu experience of the Utah rtattim In killing out dodder an follows: J ' Gentlemen! Your communication of November 9th In relation to tho exter- : f mlnntlon of dodder has been referred to mo for reply. In the spring of 1901 some J. experiments wero begun nt this station In connection with ono of tho elepartmcnts nt Washington, on methods of dodder extermination A piece of lucerne on which s 3, the seed from dodder had been sown was divided Into four equal strips During this cnr tho dodder hod bo completely taken possession of the field that It was 5! almost Impossible, to walk through tho field ns tho lucerne crop was entirely gl matted Ono of theso strips was Bprajed with a sedutlon of ono and one-halt i) rag pounds of copper Bulphnto dissolved In ten rations of water Tho sprnjlng wb "PI dono after tho luccrno was tut nnd hauled off Tho second Btrlp wns cut and the lucerne allowed to remain on tho ground B until thoroughly dry und then burned Prom the third strip lucerne was cut, A H hauled off, the stubbles burned and wnter kept continuously upon tho strip Wa- U jj ter was withheld from I lie luccrno on the fourth strip, and nt course during this 0 B cnr no results wcro obtained from tho experiment To our surprise tho stand S 4M of lucerne was equally good on all of tho strlpa during tho past jear. 190.', nnd on jA none of them did nny dodder appear. Wo were, therefore, unable to determine '?ljl which method wns most effective, ns b each of tho methods tho doddir was ex- '1 ' I terminated I V I Lucerne growers In this Stato contend thnt during tho wet years they are 8 I troubleel with this pest, nnd that It never appears during a dry season My opln- & Ion Is thnt when largo quantities of dodder appear In a field an enemy to tho dod- J der also appears In the form of an Insect, and deslrojs tho dodder, thus muln- tabling "tho balance In nature " ltcspccttully yours, LUWIS A. MUHIULL, S |